Volume 24, Issue 105, September - October, 2020

Surgical management of pediatric inguinal hernia repair

Mohammad S Mohammad Alnoaiji^1♦, Asmaa Ghmaird², Tahani Alrashidi³, Sarah Rayyani⁴, Mastorah Aljuhani³, Razan Aljohani⁵, Sarah Alsalem⁵, Bayan Alatawi³, Ebtesam Alatawi³, Eid Alshahrani⁶

¹Consultant Pediatric Surgeon and head division of pediatric surgery department at King Salman Armed Forces Hospital, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia
²Assistant professor pediatric department at University of Tabuk, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia
³MBBS, University of Tabuk, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia
⁴Medical student, Jazan University, Jazan, Saudi Arabia
⁵Medical intern, University of Tabuk, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia
⁶Medical intern, University of Bisha, Bisha, Saudi Arabia

^♦Corresponding author
Consultant Pediatric Surgeon and head division of pediatric surgery department at King Salman Armed Forces Hospital, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia; Email: drmsnoaiji@gmail.com

ABSTRACT

Background: Inguinal hernia (IH) is considered the most common surgical procedure performed in pediatric patients. IH is more prominent in males. Objective: The purpose of this study to investigate the epidemiology and outcomes of IH in our center. Methods: A five- year retrospective study carried out at, Tabuk, SA since 2015 in all the patients who underwent to IH repair. Results: This study included 150 patients who underwent surgical management for an IH. Males were more prominent. A 40% of patients were preterm. Approximately half of the patients were delivered with a low birth weight (LBW). Most of the patients were younger than one year (59.3%). Right IH is the most common side. Incarcerated hernia was reported in 7 patients (4.7%), and a strangulating hernia was reported in 2 patients (1.3%). However, an obstructed hernia was only reported in one patient (0.7%). Postoperative complications were not observed in the majority of patients. Conclusion: In the present study, the presentation of IH was more frequent in children younger than one year in age. Approximately half patient delivered with LBW.

Keywords: Epidemiology, inguinal Hernia, Pediatrics, Low Birth Weight, Preterm Patients.

Medical Science, 2020, 24(105), 3572-3578

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